You've got to try The Carbon Bar - a tremendous brand new place billed as a "massive southern bistro" http://thecarbonbar.ca/. David Lee and Franco Prevedello are behind it, btw

Had the cheese croquettes, the queso de cabeza, the sea bass and the jerk cornish hen - all of it stellar! For desert we opted for the goat's milk ice cream with wild honey and a couple of the fabulous "carbon chocolate bars".

Mr. Sharkfin and I eat everywhere and anywhere, always on the lookout for something new and really good....Carbon Bar ticks all those boxes! Quite simply knocked our socks off!

Off to Thailand next month and plan to spend time on Railay Beach (Bay). We've been doing some reading and it looks like the best food is on the beach on the East Side of the peninsula. Anyone have any "on the ground intel"? Is the best food on Railay east or west?

Oh, and has anyone eaten at Rayavadee? Presumably it's expensive, but is it any good?

I know the peameal is fabulous at Carousel, I've recently read about Carniceros being good, the tempura shrimp downstairs are quite moreish, but am wondering if anyone has any new and inspiring suggestions. I need an alternate to the (mostly) slop on offer in the PATH. :)

Oooh, lucky you! Wish I got stuff like that in my mailbox :) Guess the Westons figure folks in my part of town don't shop in their stores - LOL!

I love the branding of the new Black Label stuff - it's fabulous just to stand and stare at everything in the range. Reminds me a bit of the Dave Nichol/Watt Group time at Loblaws. We've tried the Belgian Chocolate Chunk cookies - they were delish! Not many in the box, but who cares...we'd only eat them all in one go anyway! Noticed a "Black Label Cookbook" in Leslie/Lakeshore Lobs. today....Beautiful photography, lots of appetizer-type recipes - aimed at Christmas party entertaining, I'm thinking.

Yeah, I grabbed a copy of the menu from the owner last Saturday as they were putting up the sign, I noticed the cocktail/beer thing. How "light on wine" are they? A few bottles/glasses of each colour sort of thing?

Will be in London later this year (for my annual food/clothes/books/party popper shopping trip) and am looking for a shop to assuage my new passion for making "things chocolate". I'm specifically looking for moulds, but anything chocolatey is interesting to me....

It doesn't really matter where in London as long as it's on the tube - we stay in Shoreditch.

Read about this in that VISA Infinite brochure that arrived with this morning's Globe. I searched The Brickworks site but there's nothing much, a placeholder page saying "opening Spring 2011" and a news release dated April 2010 stating the cafe was slated to open last Fall.

Does anyone know anything? Any idea when it's opening...if it's not already.

Yes, we tried this wonderful square too - shortbread base, chocolate, nuts, all sorts of surgary yumminess. We were told by one of the owners that her inspiration for this creation came from childhood - something her Gran used to make. So yes, it does look fancy but they sell lovely "rustic" goodies too. The best of both worlds?

Dunno....I went to Bobette & Belle days after they opened and I loved their macarons - particularly the passionfruit & white chocolate - yum! I don't know whether Bobette & Belle supplied(s) McEwen....but personally, I found McEwan's macarons very uninspiring - they tasted a bit like a damp basement smells :( - (kept in a fridge/freezer too long perhaps). I also read somewhere recently that B & B supply Pusateri's - so who knows? My recipe for macaron nirvana....go to Bobette & Belle in Leslieville and try them there - at the source.